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I think I've come across the Japanese version of [this teaching in the
Bible](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mote_and_the_Beam) as a saying
(proverb?) but I'm having a hard time recalling and searching it.

The key takeaway in the parable is:

> One can see small object [mote] in another's eye but is unable to see the
> large beam of wood in one's own.

which basically points a finger at the hypocrisy of noticing other people's
small flaws (in the metaphor, the mote) while blatantly disregarding one's
larger shortcomings (in the metaphor, the beam), and how this is bad.

The Japanese Wikipedia [entry on this parable,
ちりと梁](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%A1%E3%82%8A%E3%81%A8%E6%A2%81),
does not mention any Japanese expression for this idea, or I failed to see it.

Is there any Japanese saying, proverb or idiom relating to this?


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Is there any Japanese saying, proverb or idiom equivalent to the meaning of the biblical parable "The Mote and the Beam"?


For what is worth, I've found two related expressions at Jisho.org:

  1. [人のことを言う](https://jisho.org/search/%E4%BA%BA%E3%81%AE%E4%BA%8B%E3%82%92%E8%A8%80%E3%81%86) means "to find fault with other people rather than oneself" or "(for the pot) to call the kettle black" (English idiom).
  2. [棚に上げる](https://jisho.org/search/%E3%81%9F%E3%81%AA%E3%81%AB%E3%81%82%E3%81%92%E3%82%8B) means "to shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.)".

Do they ring a bell? I think both expressions point to the same idea as the
parable of the mote and the beam.


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Off the top of my head:

「[目糞]{めくそ}[鼻糞]{はなくそ}を笑う」

「人のふり見て[我]{わ}がふり直せ」

「[猿]{さる}の[尻]{しり}笑い」

「五十歩百歩」/「五十歩をもって百歩を笑う」

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Similar/related proverbs on the net:

「[蠣]{かき}が[鼻垂]{はなた}れを笑う」

「[腐]{くさ}れ[柿]{がき}が[熟柿]{じゅくし}を笑う」

「[障子]{しょうじ}の[破]{わ}れ目から隣の障子の破れ目を笑う」

「不身持ちの儒者が医者の不養生を[謗]{そし}る」

「[蝙蝠]{こうもり}が[燕]{つばめ}を笑う」

☝後半は私には馴染みがないです


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